diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d9a46ff3dad743ec3efb2bd5785a4784313132bc..429645baa8acc9496e9d2025c4036b432da9aab4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
  -- Reset job priority from zero (held) on manual resume from suspend state.
  -- If FastSchedule=0 then do not DOWN a node with low memory or disk size.
  -- Remove vestigial note.
+ -- Update sshare.1 man page making it consistent with sacctmgr.1.
 
 * Changes in Slurm 2.6.5
 ========================
diff --git a/doc/man/man1/sshare.1 b/doc/man/man1/sshare.1
index f191426f2ddb3438cd678f20fabca5d38e5bb6c7..e6add96c6739e0261cf9a5dc194e6d8c715470c4 100644
--- a/doc/man/man1/sshare.1
+++ b/doc/man/man1/sshare.1
@@ -108,12 +108,18 @@ the effective usage charged to them or their accounts.
 
 .TP
 \f3GrpCPUMins\fP
-The CPU-minutes limit set on the account.
+The CPU-minutes limit set on the account. The total number of cpu
+minutes that can possibly be used by past, present and future jobs
+running from this account and its children.
 
 .TP
 \f3CPURunMins\fP
-The number of CPU-minutes accumulated by jobs currently running against
-the account.
+The number of CPU-minutes allocated by jobs currently running against
+the account. Used to limit the combined total number of CPU minutes
+used by all jobs running with this account and its children.
+This takes into consideration time limit of running jobs and consumes it,
+if the limit is reached no new jobs are started until other jobs finish
+to allow time to free up.
 
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 .eo